In the years
that the Taliban were busy keeping women at home and uneducated, Akram was
uncovering a radically different version of Islamic tradition. Its luminaries
included women like Ummal-Darda, a seventh-century jurist and scholar
who taught jurisprudence in the mosques of Damascus and Jerusalem. Her students
were men, women, and even the caliph. Another woman in Akram’s research
discoveries: the fourteenth- century Syrian scholar Fatimah al- Bataihiyyah,
who taught both men and women in the Prophet’s mosque in Medina, drawing
students from as far away as Fez....

Women in the Quran – Part One: Quran Nowhere Advocates Oppression of Women and It Has a Rich History of Forgotten Female Leaders

Islam, Women and Feminism

In the years
that the Taliban were busy keeping women at home and uneducated, Akram was
uncovering a radically different version of Islamic tradition. Its luminaries
included women like Ummal-Darda, a seventh-century jurist and scholar
who taught jurisprudence in the mosques of Damascus and Jerusalem. Her students
were men, women, and even the caliph. Another woman in Akram’s research
discoveries: the fourteenth- century Syrian scholar Fatimah al- Bataihiyyah,
who taught both men and women in the Prophet’s mosque in Medina, drawing
students from as far away as Fez....